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Old 02-13-2019, 12:08 PM   #4983 (permalink)
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CRIPR/mosquitoes

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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I've seen those basstards in freezing conditions on glaciers in the mountains. We need something more effective than not allowing a 2C rise in temperature to fight those bloody creatures. My preference is precision lasers, but CRISPR is probably more promising.

As an aside, I've heard that no creatures depend on mosquitoes for their survival, so I say we eradicate them.
It looks like geneticist are jumping all over CRISPR for AG chemicals,GMOs,and RNA interventions.
As to mosquitoes,bats are the only animals I've heard of that make a diet of them.
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